Manifold sales-book.



, No. 719,930. PATENTED FEB. 3,1903. y H. H. wmsLow.

MANIFOLD SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1902.

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WITNESSES! AWORNEY UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT H. WINS LOW, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

MANIFOLD SALES-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 719,930, dated February 3, 1903.

Application filed February 5,1902. Serial No. 92,738. (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HERBERT H.WINsLoW, a citizen of the United States, residing at 475 East Everett street, Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold Sales-Books; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertains to make, use, and practice the same.

This invention relates to manifolding salesbooks, and particularly to the binding-covers for zigzag cover-pads such as shown in the patent to W. Lawson, No.406,845, July 9, 1889.

The object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive cover for these pads which can be destroyed after the pad has been used and preserving only the portion of the cover carrying the record of sales.

A further object is to provide novel means for securing the transfer-sheet and for detachably securing the pad within the bindmg.

This invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described in the specification and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof a manifold sales-book constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of the book shown in open position, the first sheet of the pad being turned partially back to expose the transfer-sheet fastening and method of securing the head of the pad. Fig.

3 is a longitudinal section on line 0a 0a of Fig. 1, the pad having been used, the parts separated to better illustrate the construction.

In construction this invention consists of the strip of tagboard or its equivalent, beginning at the upper edge and forming the cover A and extending over to form the hinge A and under to form the bottom A up and over and to the portion A which encompasses the head of the book and terminates in a backward fold, then again a forward fold, forming in all a zigzag-shaped fold which comprises a seat for the transfer-sheet B, which is secured in said seat by staple E. Secured beneath this portion A by a resilient band C is the pad X. Beneath the pad X is the cardboard sheet E, which stilfens and reinforces the cover. The lower end of the pad is detachably secured to the cover and to the sheet E by means of staple D, which extends through the cover A back E, and pad X. The ends of staple D are bent forward and inward in a converging line and are adapted to securely hold the pad and at the same time to permit a fold to be detached when desired.

The first division A of the cover carries on its exposed side suitable data or advertising matter, the reverse being suitably scored and divided for keeping a positive record of the sales made.

The portion A is suitably perforated to form a hinge and at the same time adapting the portion A to be easily torn from the rest of the book, so that it may be preserved when the other portion is destroyed.

The advantages are, first, the carbon being attached to the cover within the body of the pad will automatically adjust itself between the original and duplicate checks by reason of the fact that the said checks begin to separate from the succeeding set before the transfer-sheet is disturbed; second, the transfersheet being attached behind the pressure of the binding band 0 the checks are not smudged by dragging under the same; third, the transfer-sheet being positively secured in the binding by staple E the salesman is never called upon to handle the same in adjusting,

replacing, &c., a substantial improvement when delicate textiles may subsequently have to be handled and subjected to the smudge that invariably soils the fingers in handling the transfer-sheet, and, fourth, the manifolding-book is delivered to the salesman in complete working order. There is no adjusting of transfer-sheets, records, and other mechanisms that exist,as when a permanent leather or metal binder is used.

The cheapness of this book enables the user to discard the exhausted one, preserving only the portion of the cover carrying the record of the sales, and begin an entirely new book, the old carbon-sheet and the back of the book being thrown away. This results in a great saving of the salesmans time, and it does not compel the customer to wait until the salesman can get a new book ready or borrow another one to write his check.

The operation of the book is as follows: After the itemized statement has been written on the original check and duly dn plioated the book is held in the left hand. The upper edge of the original is grasped in the right hand and pulled forward until the fold is released from the staple D. The right hand is now brought back until the edge of the next succeeding original check and present duplicate check is released from the pressure of the band C and the carbon-sheet B falls between the second original and duplicate. The right hand is now again carried forward until the score-line between the first and second sets of checks coincides with the edge of the head of the pad, which assists in tearing off the first set of checks. The itemized checks are now separated, the original going to the cashier and the duplicate to the customer, or vice versa, as is the custom of the user. This type of zigzag counter-pad is now well known and needs no further explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a manifolding sales-book, the combination with a pad of superimposed leaves, a cover consisting of a continuous strip of fabric, one end of said strip overlapping and inclosing the head of said pad and having a zigzag fold, a transfer-sheet secured therein, said sheet normallyimposed between the first and second sheets of said pad, a backing for said pad between the pad and the cover, a resilient band inclosing the head of the book, and means detachably attaching the upper end of the pad to the cover.

2. In a manifolding sales-book, the combination with a pad of superimposed leaves, a

cover consisting of a continuous strip of fabric, one end of said strip overlapping and inclosing'the head of said pad, a seat formed in said overlapping portion and adapted to hold a transfer-sheet, a transfer-sheet secured inv said seatand normally imposed between the first and second sheets of said pad, a resilient band encircling the head of the book, and means detachably attaching the upper end of the pad to the cover.

3. In a manifolding sales-book, the combination with a pad of superimposed leaves, a cover consisting of a continuous strip of fabric inclosing said pad, one end of the strip overlapping and inclosing the head of the pad, a seat formed in said overlapping portion, a transfer-sheet, means whereby said transfer-sheet is secured in the seat of said overlapping portion, said sheet normally imposed between the first and second sheets of said pad, and means whereby the upper ends of the pad are detachably and frictionally held in said overlapping portion.

4. In a manifolding sales-book, the combination with a cover, a pad of superimposed leaves secured thereto, said cover consisting of a strip of fabric inclosing said pad, one end of the strip overlapping said pad, a seat formed in said overlapping portion, a transfer-sheet secured in said seat, and a resilient band encircling the head of the book and lying under said seat and adapted to hold the book and cover together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of January, 1902.

HERBERT H. WINSLOW.

Witnesses:

BALDWIN VALE, M. M. NOBLE. 

